Nailing-strip.



No. 887,532. PTENTED MAY l2, 1908:

H B SHERMAN l NAILING STRIP. APPLIOATIONHLBD rma. 10,1906.-

HOWARD B. SHERMAN, OF BAT'ILEl CREEK, MICHIGAN.

NAILING-STRIP.

Specification of Letters lPatent.

Patented May 12, 1908.

@puceau mea February 1o, 190s. serial N. 300,474.

To lall 'whom 'it may concern.'

, Beit knownthat I, HOWARD B. SHERMAN, of Battle Creek, in the county of4 Calhoun and State of Michigan, have invented certain v'5 new and -useful Improvements in Nailing- Strips; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description y thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form pant of this specification.

This invention is a no vel. nailing strap, particularly adapted for use in securing roofmg felt 1n position, or for strapping boxes and for other purposes Where it may be 'dejaired to nail a metal strap or band to an ob.-

ect.

The present invention in its preferred form comprises, a metallic strip, which may be of Ahoop metal, to which are attached a plu# rality of nails, preferably formed from Wire and riveted at' their'upper endsto the strip, at desired intervals apart, and pointed. at their lower ends so that they can bel readily driven into place with an ordinary hammer.

Theinvention will be clearly understood from '.the foll'owing'description and the accompanying illustrations. v

`In the drawings-Figure 1 is a pers ective f view of the nail strap. Fig. 2 is a si e view thereof, partly in section. Figs. 3, 4, 5 and `6 are detail sectional views showing slight modifications of the strap. Fig. 7 is a detail plan 'jview of modification. v

The .strap ortion A of the article may be, .and preferab y is, formed out of ordinary hoop metal which can be procured in lon strips or rolls, and to this strap are attache at intervals nail points or shanks B, which are preferably formed out of wire, and have their upper-ends secured to the strap, the hanks being s aced at regular intervals apart preferably an( of any suitable legnth. For example, if the stra is, say one-half inch Wide, the nails might e one-half inch in length.

Preferably the shank lheads are forced through the strap and secured by riveting them thereto as indicated in Fig. 2 the u per end ofA the shank is riveted on top of t e strap'asat b, and the `shank is also-shoullx20 dered under lthe shank as at b so as to form a ve secure connection between the shank an strap. The Shanks .should be also ointed in any suitable manner, preferably l) use the bevel point as shown at 2.

In order to insure a firm hold of the nails I propose to barb or roughen them as indicated at b in Fig 2; this form is particularly useful for boXA stra'p ino'. The strap 'may have straight aralle sides the sides may e undulated as indicated in Fig. 7. Inr order to lighten the strap and to facilitate ceiling thereof in more compact form, thestrap may be slotted as at a3, intermediate the nails, the slots extending lbetween thc projections a., a, longitudinally of the strap and in line With thenails, so that When the strap is coiled the nails on outlying coils of the strap can enter the slots in the inner coils and thus enable the stra to be vcoiled more compactly than it ot erwise as inFig. 1,01'

could do, and at same time the nails entering the slots will keep the coils alined. l

When used for a rooting strap, the strap would be preferably formed with concavoconvex projections a around thehead of the nail-Shanks, to shed water away therefrom A and insure a closer bite of thc strap thereagainst.. Fig. 3 shows thestrap flat. Fig. 4 shows the head of the nail-Shanks slightly rounded so that it would be less liable to catch on objects when used as 30X strapping; Fig. 5 shows the strapprd ided With deplressions a. to protect the nail head; Fig. 6 s o ws it provided with an lannular projecting. rib a2 around the nail-head. Fig. 4 shows a double beveled nail point b3. The forms shown in Figs. 2 and 3 would be preferable' for roong pur oses. That shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 woul be preferable for box strapping. Fig. 6 shows another forni of point at 4. i

Thenail straps may be made any length desired according to the object for which.

they are to be used. If they are made very long they 'can be coiled up for convenience in transportation. For box corner stra s and I other purposes they can be cut in any ength desire Width and thicknessldesiredand the Shanks proportionately large in diameter and of any desired length. It is obvious also that the strap may, if desired, be made ornamental and given any desired outline in plan or cross section.

Having described my invention what I claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The herein described nailing-strap consisting of a long metallic band and numerous barbed and beveled-pointed wire nail Shanks secured to the band at suitable intervals apart throughout its length by having then' Obviously the strap may be of any heede eweged. the bend aber-Je and beiew the seme whereby the Shanks are rigidiy secured tev the hand.

2. As e new article of manufacture, a neiling strip eonpxising e metallic hand Gr Strap haring ceneeve-eenvex portions at intervals, and eeeree of maiis prejeeting from the bend end hir-.ring their heads riveted to such con ewweonv 1X pertions.

3. As a new7 ertiele (if inannfsatmiej e neiling strip comprising e nietztiiic bend or strep h "ving coneevoeenvex portions stamped "Y1: een;

therein at intervale end a Vseries 0f Wire nails projecting from th`e"band and having their heads riveted to such @(eagQ-convex por- 15 tions and their points beveled.`

In testimony that I'cleiin the foregoing as my own, l affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses. l

HOWARD B. SHERMAN.

In presence of FRANK M. ANDRESS,` CHARLES R. SYLVEs'rER. 

